RtI

An Overview of

Response to Intervention

The Roots of RtI

RtI is a component of the IDEA 2004, Part B regulations.

It represents a process which schools may use to help children who are struggling.

The federal regulations do not provide a definition for RtI, in fact, they do not even give it a name. The term has been coined through the wording used in the law as a “process based on the child’s response to scientific, research-based intervention” in making a determination as to whether a child has a learning disability or not [§300.307(a)(2)].

The National Center on Response to Intervention defines RTI as

• an integration of assessment and intervention within a multi-level prevention system to maximize student achievement and to reduce behavior problems.

Basic Instructional Concepts of RtI

• Provide effective classroom instruction to all children.• School-wide assessment using screeners

and other data collection to determine student need.• Provide evidence-based interventions

for students who are at-risk for learning difficulties.

Basic Instructional Concepts of RtI

• Progress monitoring of students.• Adjustment of interventions

depending on how a student responds.• Further review of students who do not

respond to the interventions that have been provided.

The 3 Tier Model

The most common model of RtI is called a “Three Tier Model” because the

response system is set up in multi-level steps, or tiers.

The 3 Tier Model is not the only model. It is the most common and most easily explained

since it follows the multi-level response system required by the federal regulations.

3 Tier Model

Additional Intensive Interventions or

Services

Additional Targeted, small-group interventions

Effective Instruction, Screening, Whole-class Interventions

Tier 3: 1-5% of students

Tier 2: 15-19%

Tier 1: All Students

What do we have in place?

SAT, Special Services

Title I, Intervention Block, SAT, After School Program

DIBELS, DRA,Standards Based Curriculum & Assessments